[Aikar]

Someone asked me to build them a PC with a budget last night so I picked out some parts. heres a list of PC parts that will most likely run FFXIV very well for under 750 or 1000$

The main parts you can mix with current monitor/hdd/dvd burner: Case/PSU/Mobo/CPU/Video card/Memory
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130475
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231166
http://www.newegg.co...st=Combo.232529
http://www.newegg.co...st=Combo.241199
Total: 730~$ (may change as tiem goes newegg is weird sometimes, dont look at top bar of page, look at cart price)

If you need new monitor/hdd/dvd burner/kb&mouse:

120$ 20" monitor: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16824009143
75$ 640gb HDD http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136319
30$ DVD Burner http://www.newegg.co...N82E16827136153

and you can pick any keyboard/mouse, if you need help choosing those then dont bother

But that FULL system for 955$ and itll run any recent game decently (cept prolly crisis will prolly need medium settings) and pretty sure itll run FFXIV

And if you cant afford it in 1 lump sum, long as you have good credit newegg will let you pay monthly with NO INTEREST for 12 months.

Just find someone to build it for you or try RTFM'ing and doing it yourself its not that hard if you follow instructions and buy an antistatic wristpad and dont do it on carpet >_>

[Krimson]

*BASE_PRICE: [+1459]
CAS: Thermaltake Element-S Mid-Tower Case
CS_FAN: Default case fans
CPU: AMD Phenom™II X4 940 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
CD2: (Special Price) LG 22X DVD+/-R/+/-RW + CD-R/RW Dual Layer Drive (BLACK COLOR)
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
FAN: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling System (Extreme Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)
HDD: Single Hard Drive (1TB (1TBx1) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
MULTIVIEW: Non-SLI/Non-CrossFireX Mode Supports Multiple Monitors
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M4A78-E AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
MEMORY: 8GB (4x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory [+79] (Corsair or Major Brand)
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate w/ Service Pack 1 [+105] (64-bit Edition)
OS_UPGRADE: (Free Upgrade Coupon) Microsoft® Windows® 7 Ultimate ($29-$29 Mail-In-Rebate = Free) [+29] (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts Power Supplies (SLI/CrossFire Ready Power Supply)
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
VIDEO: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB DDR5 PCI-Express Dual DVI-I & TVO (Major Brand Powered by ATI)
VIDEO2: None
VIDEO3: None
WNC: PCI Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Interface Card
_PRICE: (+1609)


That's my new PC. $1609 in total, but theres about $100 in rebate. =D I also bought a 1920x1200 resolution monitor so I'll be having lots of fun in FFXIV ^^

[Aeneas]

nice one krim! here's what i have currently running ffxi, and other stuff

athlon 64 X2 3.2ghz
4GB ram, PC6400
foxconn nforce 570
geforce 8800 GT

but i want to upgrade soon...not because of ffxvi (im sure my current comp will run it just fine), but for my photography. processing 21MP images really strains the best of them! so i'm actually looking at something like what krim has, Phenom II quad core, 8GB ram, and such like that. maybe a new HD too...those 21MP pics are rather large

[Ailyn]

I'm about to put together an i7 920 build. This is going to be a combo 3D workstation/gaming PC. The main Components will run $1500, the bells and wistles another $1300. Really wish I could afford a dual xeon 5590 and a FX Quadro 5800; ;

CM Case $139
Asus P6TDv2 Mobo $290
Core i7 920 (Can easily OC to 4ghz) $280
6gb Corsair DDR3 $179
BFG Geforce GTX 285 (Although I might go for a GTX 295) $350 or $770
Kingwin modular PSU $195

300gb WD VR (Boot drive)
1tb WD (For future Raid setup)

OS (Can't forget OS; OEM comes with free Win7 upgrade)

Brurei!
Tuner Card
Floppy/Card Reader

Monitor(s)

[Aikar]

yeah this is the build im sorta looking at http://tinyurl.com/aikargibson

note my OP was meant to be a 'budget' build lol.

[Ailyn]

My pc is still a "Budget" pc! Financial Aid excess is paying for it lol.

I should look into getting a UPS, i hate it when power goes out and my system crashes right in the middle of a project ><

@Aeneas: You should probably look into a nvidia gpu if your doing photography especially if you use adobe suite. I don't beleive that ATI's gaming cards make use of CUDA.

[Seph32]

My budget was about 720 euro which is about $1030.

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel
Mobo: ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W
HDD: Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB
RAM: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Video cooler: ARCTIC COOLING Accelero Xtreme 9800
Cooler: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
CPU: QuadCore Q9550 2.8 GHz -- Overclocked to 3.01

Already bought this card a year ago.
Vide Card: Geforce 9800 GTX+

Planning on buying one of these Asus ENGTX295 but not on my budget right now.

[bopeep]

question on a PC i'm looking to buy.

these r the stats

3 GB RAM 2 terabyte HD can't remember the name of the other cards but there like next to top of the line stuff just curious what would u guys expect to pay for a mavhine with those stats cause i'm buying this from someone.

[Ailyn]

bopeep, on 08 September 2009 - 07:19 PM, said:

question on a PC i'm looking to buy.

these r the stats

3 GB RAM 2 terabyte HD can't remember the name of the other cards but there like next to top of the line stuff just curious what would u guys expect to pay for a mavhine with those stats cause i'm buying this from someone.

you would need a bit more information than that, like processor and type of ram, but a 2tb HDD runs around $200 USD

[Seph32]

Why only 3GB RAM? 3GB is kinda unusual.

[Ailyn]

tripple channel ddr memory comes in sets of 3,6, and 12 right now, thats prolly why

[Aeneas]

yeah thats it, and its pretty annoying when trying to find sets of ram for AMD systems.

[Jonditaru]

Jonditaru recently made a new pc. wanted to try out aion bfor ffxiv comes out..

MOBO: gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R

CPU: i7 920 w/CM V8 CPU fan

RAM: Corsair xms3 6gb ddr3 (3 channel)

GPU: bfg gtx285 OC'd 666mhz 2gb ddr3 ram(its the debil! Run Away!)soon to be sli hopefully bfor ffxiv comes out. warranty for your cards. BFG offers lifetime warranty =3 actually had a diamond ati 4890 2gb ddr5 ram but it didnt work out for me so well =T

PSU: Corsair 750watt sli/crossfire ready (is that really enough wattage for sli?)

CASE: coolmaster haf 922

HDD: samsung 1tb 100gb boot partition and 900gb seperate partition

DISPLAY:32 inch LG hdtv (forgot what model) 120hz trumotion =3 will get an actual monitor later sometime maybe XD

[Seph32]

I'm thinking of upgrading to 2x ATI 4890HD cause my Mobo is x-fire rather than 1 285/295, also cheaper. Going 2x 285 seems abit expensive though, don't think theres a game really needs 2x 285 except Ultra settings for Crysis, but Crysis is just a really graphic-hungry game.

[Aeneas]

hah, nice monitor jondi. my friend used to use a 42" 1080p westinghouse LCD HDTV for a monitor. lol it was kinda rediculous....he was sitting just about 3 ft away from it on his desk.

but i have a dell 24" 1920x1200 LCD screen, and its pretty nice. no response time/ghosting problems. its a couple years old now though, so theres probably bigger/better for cheaper.

[Jonditaru]

a few days ago i bought an actual monitor. i noticed that putting my comp on an hdtv kinda lacks in some parts. the display is a lil weaker even tho its a tv. although its 120hz there r big differences between an actual comp monitor compared to an actual tv. the text was a bit harder to read on the tv and even tho for now i have it set to dvi-vga (monitor didnt come with dvi cord x.x) its still a lot better than the tv.. i got an LG 22"(21.5" technically >.>) 2ms 1080p with all that auto contrast blah blah blah 500000:10 or whatever ratio thingy. no complaints so far. just glad theres no dead pixels XD i got batman for my pc and it actually looks A LOT better on this monitor than it did on my 32" hdtv.. other reason i changed is cuz i would always be so daym close to the tv its ridiculous... about 2-3 feet away from a 32" screen??? no thanks XD on top that the seating was hard on my back n stuff since its not on an actual desk but on a tv stand that allowed me space to put mouse and keyboard, but it was lower than normal so im usually hunched over x.x

im starting to debate on getting another gtx285.. =T cuz im reading that even tho my mobo has the expansion slots. i have a gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R(doesnt come with sli bridge)and read that theres actually a GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI(comes with sli bridge) and i noticed that nvidia doesnt put bridges with the cards. im guessing my mobo is more specific for ati xfire =T not really but the fact they have an SLI version kinda makes me think that. i was reading that i actually have to flash the SLI mobo's bios for me to actually use SLI(?) which i have no knowledge of doing...

i was also considering OC'ing my comp BUT i have no clue on how to do that either.. OC'ing is no money but trying to figure out all that bios crap.. and buying a 2nd GPU is another 300-400 AND figuring out bios stuff but a lil less... =T if anyone can help me out with stuff like that i would appreciate it. =3 cuz yea.. im pretty computer literate.. but bios and all that... i know nothing about XD

[Aeneas]

well in the bios, you usually want to look for the front side bus or internal clock setting. when you bumps that up, it raises your cpu speed, but also some other parts on the motherboard, and maybe the memory. so in doing so, you risk an unstable computer due to the cpu, ram, northbridge, or other parts on the mobo. but, if your computer becomes unstable, you can just clock it back down. if you bump it up TOO much to where it wont even boot or POST (the bios info screen at startup), then theres probably a switch on the mobo with can erase your bios settings and return to default stable settings.

you may also be able to adjust the cpu multiplier, or clock multiplier to achieve an OC on just the cpu. just remember this formula for your cpu speed, CPU speed = multiplier x internal(aka Bus, FSB...) clock. for example, right now my cpu is 200mhz x 16 = 3.2 ghz.

a handy program for checking your bus speed and multiplier from windows is called CPU-Z. do a google search and check it out! have fun

[Ailyn]

one of the best features of the ASUS P6TD or EVGA x58 Classified Mobo's is its so easy to overclock its rediculous...just change memory voltage, everything else is automatically adjusted, hell with the classified it comes with software to adust it in the OS

[Jonditaru]

x.x hmm kinda scared to mess with it.. might make the comp SPLODE =o hahaha

[bopeep]

why would u ever want to mess with the internal clock ne ways?

O and i'm gonna get a brand new acer prolly when i get my taxes back it's about $300 for the tower it has card readers and 2Gb ram and a 250Gb HDD then imma get a $199 acer monitor it's 17" HD LCD also goes up to 1080p ^^ so total a little over 500 bucks give or take a little.